Copy VMs with multiple virtual disks on Xenserver to new SAN SRs

I have purchased a new DotHill SAN to replace my aging LeftHand SAN. The host is running my VMs is Xenserver 5.6 SP2 (free version). I have done some research to has lead me to believe that shutting down the VM and doing Copy VM with a full copy seems the most straight forward way to complete what I want to do.

My issue is the my Exchange server, SQL server, and File server have multiple virtual disks. For example, my File server has 3 virtual disks attached to it that are provided from the LeftHand SAN and are connected to the host as 3 separate SRs. After I have created and attached the proper sized SRs from my new SAN how do I copy those servers with multiple virtual disks to their new SRs from the LeftHand SAN.

if you move the VM and not all virtual disks are moved to the new storage you can do the following:
- shut down VM
- rename the disk at the storage (to recognise the file)
- detach vDisk from VM
- goto old storage
- search the vdisk - move to new storage
- goto VM - and reattach the vdisk to the new storage

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